Institution

Type of institution

Institution

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Upon completion of the undergraduate phase, students will obtain a bachelor’s degree and after completing the postgraduate phase they receive a master’s degree.

Research universities and universities of applied sciences award both types of degrees. Institutes for International Education offer master’s programmes, but no bachelor’s programmes.

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Qualification

Type of education

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a model for comparing higher education in Europe. ECTS credits are awarded for successfully completed studies. ECTS credits indicate how many hours of study are required. In general, one academic year corresponds to 60 ECTS credits (equivalent to 1,500 – 1,800 hours of study).

ECTS Credits

Individual scholarships is 1 of the 4 instruments of the Orange Knowledge Programme aimed at mid-career professionals.

Game and Media Technology

Course description

This Master's programme concentrates on the technological aspects of gaming and multimedia in the context of computer science, with a unique thematic focus for research-minded students.

Course description

Gaming and multimedia have assumed an important place in our society, giving rise to a booming industry with turnovers exceeding the entertainment movie industry and leaps in computer software and hardware development. Advances show no sign of slackening with new types of games and hardware reaching the market regularly. Moreover, the value of games as an educational tool is increasingly being recognised and the integration of multimedia tools into everyday life is still continuing, creating fertile grounds for those with a high-level degree in the area of Game and Media Technology.
The research field deals with modelling virtual worlds, creating characters and behaviour, generating effective scenarios, building multi-sensory interfaces and redesigning didactic concepts. Simulating the physics, biology and psychology of the real world and bringing it to life in multi-sensory simulations are major challenges on their own. In this context, media technology plays an important part as it deals with the effective transfer of information using audio, speech, sound, and music, video, 3D objects, interactive virtual environments.

Graduates have knowledge of techniques for handling spatial data. They are able to perform research, analyze and solve geometric problems, to understand, explain and apply results from scientific papers.

About the institution

Commitment, inspiration, ambition and independence are Utrecht University's core values. The University fosters its academic community through investment in staff and students.

Admission

Admission requirements

Language requirements

Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English

B1

Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English

C1

IELTS overall band

6.5

IELTS writing

6

TOEFL computer based

237

TOEFL internet based

93

TOEFL paper based

580

Professional experience required

-

Duration

24 month(s) full-time

Application deadlines

Start date

EU/EEA Students

Non-EU/EEA students

1 Sep 2019

1 Apr 2019

1 Apr 2019

1 Feb 2020

1 Sep 2019

1 Sep 2019

1 Sep 2020

1 Apr 2020

1 Apr 2020

Tuition fees

Year

EU/EEA

Non-EU/EEA

Institutional

No tuition fees available.

In short, the following rules apply:

The “EU/EEA rate” is the regular fee for students from within the EU/EEA.

The “non-EU/EEA rate” is the rate for students from outside the EU/EEA.

The “institutional rate” is for all students who have already obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree and who want to start a second programme leading to a degree at the same level or at a lower level.

Note that FT, PT and D stand for "full-time", "part-time" and "dual", respectively.

Make sure you contact your institution to find out what rate applies to you. The rates listed here are estimates.